Protecting the Amazon’s Last Great Flying River.
The Northern Amazon proves what is possible.
Frontline impact doers have demonstrated that rainforest protection can succeed at extraordinary scale. But every gain must be defended, and there is much more to win.
That takes capital - at scale.
That capital exists, particularly in the Northern Hemisphere. Yet too little reaches frontline Southern organisations delivering proven Amazon impact. Instead, layers of intermediaries add cost and distance.
Airios was created by the proven boots-on-the-ground impact doers behind the conservation of more than 120 milion hectares of Northern Amazon rainforest - home of the Amazon’s Last Great Flying River.
That frontline experience has also made clear what is needed next: stronger global advocacy, deeper engagement from the private and financial sectors, and more direct pathways for capital to reach proven frontline impact.
As a U.S. 501(c)(3), Airios connects Northern Hemisphere capital with frontline Southern Hemisphere impact - enabling tax-deductible giving and moving the resources directly to those already making change happen.
Airios is the northern bridge for a southern-led movement.
Airios exists to bridge that gap.
How we create Impact.
Those interconnected challenges shape three areas of focus:
Last Great Flying River Advocacy
Reframing the Amazon around water
Building global awareness of the Last Great Flying River — shifting the Amazon story from the “lungs of the world” to the water pump of the world, and building a new case for its protection.
Amazon Impact Doer Capital Mobilisation
Scaling capital behind proven impact
Connecting proven frontline impact doers with philanthropic, institutional and private capital while developing new capital vehicles and financial models to unlock more: donor-advised funds, impact bonds and nature as an asset class.
Last Great Flying River-first Corporate Shift
Putting water at the centre of corporate decision-making
Making the Last Great Flying River directly relevant to corporations through water, food, energy, jobs and economic security - and creating tangible ways for companies to act.
The future of the Last Great Flying River is still being written.
An extraordinary achievement has been made - but it is not self-sustaining. What has been saved now carries the weight of what cannot be lost.
Stand with the frontline defenders. Stand with us. Partner with Airios.